Return-Path: Received: from [208.97.132.119] (HELO homiemail-a90.g.dreamhost.com) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4828056 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:16:46 +0200 Received: from homiemail-a90.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a90.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 011912AC077 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17:32 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=louai.org; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to: content-type; q=dns; s=louai.org; b=saZEpPZc9aJFLODWUfB9AHrOogsN TtYIBg1PHpks5vFXSz8Vc9XeGJt0X4Vzd9SKmyl/tIOYWEz/5MFVc2PpHWV4ToLa iDTwWgLgnOpIaPGlxg8YRoVuWgPX9W9F2Ooi1YH68gfaNsAo+NMuBIwmyrH1KCn+ SA8eFJeGfjCJ68E= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=louai.org; h=mime-version :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to: content-type; s=louai.org; bh=CvtRoCEJoDXFKBUPubFnCDHI+eE=; b=m9 C7xaOBwML3Z8OEJepfChLsd0swCsHG+9YkibK6HVYHEUhwilRVQJV7vCTDSr57/N ZdDZpAnyY70kUceIrv207rMmzuFjhDf38blEwTot1VKQJpMlPb5xXlNsg3/9i87F 7CVYtIavNYTwUD+aFOsaskaVcxooLIHx/pGF+QZww= Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com (mail-iy0-f169.google.com [209.85.210.169]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: me@louai.org) by homiemail-a90.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D01062AC075 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by iahk25 with SMTP id k25so11364496iah.28 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.186.196 with SMTP id fm4mr14746548igc.1.1346174252255; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.39.72 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:17:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Louai Abu-Osba Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:17:00 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] Technique for animating fire? To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I suspect that old habits die hard. I have to remind myself to reach for Turbulent instead of Fractal, plus since it's older there's a lot more tutorials and presets that reference it. -louai On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Todd Kopriva wrote: > For those recommending Fractal Noise, I have a question: > > Why not Turbulent Noise? > > We created this effect to be a next-generation Fractal Noise with more natural-seeming animation---and greater performance. > > If we got this wrong and you're not using Turbulent Noise because it doesn't work for you, we'd like to know. > >> -----Original Message----- >> >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM, David Torno wrote: >> > Animate the Evolution property of the Fractal Noise plugin and the Offset >> > property on Y. Precomp that layer and use it as a displacement map and it >> > creates decent heat haze/fire looking movement. > > > > +---End of message---+ > To unsubscribe send any message to